Finding peace together with Earth

Have You ever thought about Earth as a being? Because She is. And do You know what else? She has a Heart. 

When You take a walk in Nature, what do You feel? I know what I feel. Unconditional Love, Connection, Grounding. Like I am small part of this big thing. You know being here, on Earth, is like that. I alone are just one human. All of us humans together, are Humanity. And Humanity, Animals, Critters and just all Life all together, we are Earth. Try feeling this for a moment. This connectedness. With all of Earth, with everything and everyone on her. Synergy.

As I sitt by the river, out in the forest, and watch the water flow both silently and powerful past me, I am at Peace. And I am who I truly am at that moment. Just a being. A part of everything. How do You feel? While sitting by a river. Or on the forest floors? Do You feel at Peace then? Try sitting at the place where you find the most peace in that moment. Like, if you enter a scenery, and there is one particulair spot that you are immediately drawn to, try sitting in it, or at a spot where you have an overview of it. When I sat by the river, I immediately sat by the place I was drawn to. It was a rock out in the water. And as I was sitting in the river, on that rock, with water passing me. I was truly at Peace.

In the future, at some point. What if we all lived together in Peace with one another. Even with Animals. Will You Dream with me for a bit?

The Earth is green and lush. Cities are no longer poluted with the cars that are driving on fossile fuels. Cars with batteries are no longer needed, because we have something else. We might not know what that is yet, but it is something that is not taking its toll on the environment we, and our dear friends, the animals are living in. We are living together with Earth. Taking care of her. I know not everyone see her as a her, but I do, because she is constantly giving life, to everything. Plants, living creatures, we are a Synergy. What if everything in this Synergy, worked together. Growing the food that everyone needs, having animals as our companions. Having us, Humanity, as Earths Caretakers. All knowing, that we all derrive from the same Light, Source, and that when we die, we all will come back to Source, once again. What if we all lived with our planet, knowing her resources, dividing them equally amongst us. Being grateful for being here. Having no wars, because everyone, every Human, every country, every leader of every state, knows, that war is a detrimental and horrifying thing. That there will come too much destruction and pain to not only the people within its country, but to Earth herself, Animal lives and for the structures that have been build to keep us in Peace with one another. Everyone has enough food and water. Every Child a safe childhood. Because the people of this planet are all living in Peace. Technology is being purposly advanced, for the good of not only Humanity, but for managing Earths resources and for dividing it equally amongst us. Our Animal friends will be living their lives happily and they wouldnt die before it was their time. When they were old, having had Happiness, Peace and life that has been a good one, for them.

I love dreaming that dream. It gives me so much Hope, for this future, to be a reality. 

What are Your dreams for our Earth to come? What makes You feel most at Home here? What brings You Peace? 

I think that there are many things that disconnects us with our planet. I feel that Humans have forgotten their roots here. The Indiginous, they still have their roots. And I think that we should learn as much as we can from them. In my country, which is Norway, we have Urfolk, Sami people. I would love to visit them sometime. To learn their ways, to aquire their wisdom. Maybe even learn their way of the Shaman practices. I know those vary, from where in the world the Shaman exists. And if I am ever so lucky, I will travel all of the places, Shamanism is practised. 

But how can we find Peace, together with Earth? How will You find it, if You live in a city? Its not all about the wilderness and freeroaming through woodlands. Its about connecting with Earth on a deeper level. Do You have Earth in your Heart, for example? Think of it this way. All of humans, have been born on this planet. Been living on this planet. Having our Home, on this planet. As we are so used to living here, not giving much thought about where we are actually living, we have grown acostumed to just live here. Within a sosiety that does not live in coherence with Earth. What if we started connecting to her? There are many ways of doing this. And if You live in a city, parks might be the closest You get to actually being in Nature. I dont mean to judge the building of parks in a city. It is most definetelly better than having no Trees or waters at all. But as a way of connecting deeper, try not only to have a walk in the park nearest You. Touch the trees. Feel their energy. Say Your thanks to Mother Nature. Appreciate Mother Earth, Gaia. If You dont like how a crowded park makes You feel, aquire indoor plants. I have a couple at my Home. And how I feel about them, is that they bring the Nature into my living room. And they make me very Happy. I have even buried Crystals in some of them. If I am done with my tea, coffe or mushroom drink, I share it with my plants. I think they like it, and I feel more connected to them.

Living in Peace, together with Earth, can be many things. One other thing, is to use less chemicals when cleaning Your Home, doing the dishes, or taking a shower. I have tried replacing many of my cleaning supplies with soapes that are biodegradable. Which I think is a good thing to do. Another thing. Is to not use all of those plastic bags when out shopping. Bring what you have at Home, for those shopping rounds. We should actually just stop producing those bags. 

Here in Norway, the price of a plastic bag has risen to first,four times the price, then dobbeled again. Its redicilous. If they are going to be that expensive anyway, why not start producing a bag that is better for the Nature, if lost in Nature. There exists biodegradable plastic. So why not biodegradeble plastic bags? They might not be as strong, but why not smaller bags then? This is just to give those that have forgotten their own bags an alternative to bring their groceries home. And eventually people will remember to bring their own shopping nets. But having that high a price for one regulair plastic bag, just makes the ones producing them earn more money. And if that is not the case, that high price, definetelly goes somewhere else. Increasing the price of that bag, just makes people having to spend more money on that bag. A new bag, a biodegradable one, will be expensive too, I imagine, but at the very least, it wont be harming nature, the way that the old ones does. 

So this was meant as a thought provoker. Do You have any ideas to how to live Peacefully with Earth? I would be thrilled to hear any suggestions out there.

Here in Norway, there have been taken many measures to how to make our planet better. But it seems to be all about money. Like gas for the car, pretty expensive now, so we who are owning cars, are encouraged to travel with busses, trains, boats and all of that. But so many places are not having the luxury of travelling like that, because the buss offers out in the country, is almost ridicilous. We just cannot travel like that. Public transportation is mainly for those that live within the city borders. If travelling publicly, is what is best for the environment, make it so that it is managable for us to use. Its unfair to just throw taxes on everything, and think that, that will solve the problem. Because it doesnt. It just makes the state earn more money off, of the people that actually need to use their car. Create a way of travelling, that is actually working for everyone. Im seeing that I am writing more about sosiety now, than actually living in Peace with Earth. But I am a firm believer, that if everyone managed to connect with Earth, seeing how beautiful she is, feeling this lucky to be her, having Her as our Home. We would all care more, trying our best to take care of her. And I am talking about the whole of Earth. The whole of Humanity. All of us, together. On this one thing, being the caretakers of this Planet. Making sure she is Healthy, sustained and forever birthing her Nature around us. I believe that if we stand together on this. Having our leaders work together as a whole, not divided into groups who will rule a country by winning elections. They should all work together. Bringing up what is urgent actions, and take it from there. Society is not in the right way, right now. But I have so much Hope for that to change. So much Faith in Humanity as a whole. All of us. Connected to our wonderful Planet, Earth. Where we see her needs, the peoples needs, and we figure out how we can take care of each other and our Planet Earth. Living with her. Not just on top of her. Wouldnt that be something?

With Unconditional Love and Gratitude

Elisabeth Hjerte